tell me what's wrong with having to walk through en-suite to get to brdrokm

[VeuveLilies]

I need to reconfigure ensuite as it's too small.
There's only me so I'd never been situation of using the loo and someone coming through.
I'm not moving anytime soon

Builders and friends/family don't think it's s good idea, but can't say why

"But realistically how many times would that happen?"

Given how inconveniently everyone uses the bathroom in my house? Every bloody morning, rofl.

I wouldn't particularly want to have to walk through a bathroom my DP had just used the toilet in either tbh...and this is probably a me specific issue, but I wouldn't want to be walking through a steamy bathroom at any point of the day - I have curly hair, humidity causes it to puff out.

If you want that layout and it works for you, it's not really anyone else's business, but, I really do think you'd need to change it back to sell it.

Elizabeth- The other wall is the original outside wall so knocking it down is much more structural, it holds up the roof. the corridor walls are just stud walls.
And then I'd have an odd shaped bedroom where I couldn't fit a bed and 2 side tables.
And there's a big window at the end of the bedroom which i love

Can you put in a curved shower cubicle, with a door that slides round instead of opening out? We had that done in our tiny ensuite in our old house, at the fitter's suggestion. It made it feel much bigger inside and out - my tall/broad DH wouldn't use that shower before we changed it because he found it too claustrophobic but found it much better afterwards. It also means that you can leave the door open to air it.

Actually looking at your picture again, maybe not curved without completely reconfiguring the layout but you could have a sliding shower door.

I found a shower cubicle with a door that slides in, but I really would prefer just a shower screen, any cubicle makes me feel claustrophobic

I vote wet room. You could drop the floor very slightly into the void between the current floor and ceiling below meaning you step down into the bathroom. You could then fully tank the space and have a glass panel across a third to half of the space (depending on width) to contain some of the water. Locate the shower head accordingly. If the room were tiled in good colours and mirrors were well used it would seem massive. I'd invest in the strongest extractor fan you can afford above the shower too.

I think it's a terrible idea sorry. I would pay less for a house where I needed to remedy such stuff.

A good alternative would be a wet room. So keep the walls as they are.

This would put most couples off when you come to sell because if you wanted to lock the door for privacy you'd either lock the other person in or out. How about an opaque glass screen where the current wall is?

You can get toilets that have a sink on top of the cistern which would save space. Personally, I can't decide if I like that idea or not but it would get rid of the sink.

Or a corner toilet - would that give more space?

I don't like the thought of walking through it to get to the bedroom although I can't you say why. It's just wrong! Obviously it doesn't matter to you but is is a big thing to change should you come to sell the property in the future.

I think a wet room is a better idea really.

Builder can't guarantee he can do a wet room until he rips out existing bathroom and sees the plumbing underneath so not sure how far down we could go.
Those who say it's a terrible idea, have you looked at the photos.
What I'm proposing isn't that different to what I have to do now.
At the moment I have a glass sliding door, which is open most of the time.

Apple- I'm thinking either a thin tiled wall like the photo, or a glass screen, which would be the shower screen.

Soup- I've tried those sink/toilet combos. You have to kind of stand over the toilet to brush your teeth.

Thanks for all the suggestions
Please don't think I'm being argumentative, I've just been trying to configure this for over a year, thought of most stuff, but can't figure it out !

I think if you could shut yourself in the toilet/shower bit then that might work in general even if that's not how you use it as a single person. You might also want to shut smells and steam in there as well.

Don't do it. How much room do you need to shit in?? If I bought the house I'd reduce my offer by the amount it would cost to put back to how it is now.

Yeah, I did think the sink/toilet thing only really works in a cloakroom.

I've seen the pictures and I still wouldn't do it.

TBH - if someone reduced their offer by 5k to put a bathroom door back on that wouldn't be an issue when selling

Is it literally like it is on the floor plan, i.e. pretty much just the width of a toilet?

Would this work but with the shower cubicle in its existing position?

If you can get underfloor heating in, that gets rid of the radiator.

Could you just use the bigger bathroom instead and move the door to your bedroom further along so that the smaller bathroom becomes a communal one also.

If you did like in the photo could you put a sliding for door down the middle of the new bathroom, partitioning it essentially down the old line of the corridor and en suite? Then when the door's open it's one room, but when it's closed (like when someone's in the toilet it shower) someone else can still walk through the corridor bit with sink/radiator in? A bit like having a very large toilet/shower cubicle in the bathroom? I'm thinking thin-ish door, frosted glass maybe, nothing too definitive. No locks on the doors at either end of the "corridor" half for fire safety reasons.

"you have to close the cubicle door so there's no air circulating in there."

tell me about your extractor.

Is it a flat?

Bigger bathroom already renovated, shower over bath.

Soupdragon- that layout is pretty much how it is, I think that looks more claustrophobic that what I've got !

Epoxy-Yes!
Taken photos now
The current extractor is outside of the shower, but there's a window above the sink.

We have an ensuite that we walk through to get to the bedroom
Only way we could fit one in
We also have a downstairs bathroom which apparently is not most people ideal set up

Photos make the shower look really big!